Why do you guys like to play male characters that are bulky, massive ?

Noticed this alot in swtor back in the day, where the nr. 3 body (the musclebound), was most popular among trooper players, looking a lot like a clone army.
Rift has its bahmi and WoW has tauren.

So why ? What's with the the fascination for looking like a house ?

Most of the guys playing bulky characters are going to be warrior type classes. To many people bigger equates stronger. Not always the case, even with muscles.
That being said, I pretty much exclusively play female toons.

Why do you guys like to play male characters that are bulky, massive ?

Noticed this alot in swtor back in the day, where the nr. 3 body (the musclebound), was most popular among trooper players, looking a lot like a clone army.
Rift has its bahmi and WoW has tauren.

So why ? What's with the the fascination for looking like a house ?

Personally i only play the "hulk" type character when its a game with something like a barbarian or berserker which can wield 2hand weapons.
But I would guess it might be something with them looking stronger. Also armors tend to look better imo on a big guy.

What's with the fascination with the other way people play? Is there some reason I should limit my options in a video game?

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Was it wrong to question his question? I even made it a point to use wording like his to capture the same tone...

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If I could play a tiny Tauren, I would in a heartbeat. My Aion character was just as small as I could make it, and virtually every Warcraft character that I can make a Goblin is a Goblin on my account.

Most of the guys playing bulky characters are going to be warrior type classes. To many people bigger equates stronger. Not always the case, even with muscles.
That being said, I pretty much exclusively play female toons.

Yep, sometimes I go for bulk in a warrior, but frequently I go for female toons because developers tend to make guys too hulky.

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Most of the guys playing bulky characters are going to be warrior type classes. To many people bigger equates stronger. Not always the case, even with muscles.
That being said, I pretty much exclusively play female toons.

I play female toon also -I think that if you take the biggest character model, you will be the first person targeted in the BG, maybe Im wrong tho

I made a tauren warrior because people tend to target bigger characters first, and I'd rather them target me than my squishier guys. Of course he's a dwarf now, and though I guess you could say dwarves are hulky, they arent the biggest model; I just love dwarves. And I dislike Draenei.

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